birch

Wish me luck 🤣 Collected on Easter at my uncle's house in NH. If I'm coming over in early spring, and you have woods, my root slayer is coming with me. Surprised I didn't take any pictures prior to/during potting - must have been in a rush - but it's a bit bulbous under there. April 1st...

Hi, just this week I collected a birch tree from the wild and placed it in a wooden box. I kept the rootball moist and placed it in a mix that is mostly made up of pumice with 15% bark. Due to my current living situation it only gets a around 4 hours of direct sunlight in the afternoon, but this...

I have a few I don’t know exactly what they are, I know they are maples, tiny one I think is oak and last one possibly birch? Or at least I found it under a bitch tree All from Northern Wisconsin

Alright y’all. Picked up this Euro White Birch on a whim from Lowe’s. Would not normally buy a large landscape tree like this, but these things appealed to me. -I’ve been on the hunt for a birch for sometime. -the base, trunk movement, aged bark and low branching are all on point for a...

Look at them catkins. Found it just along that treeline on the right. Here's a bonus willow. And some cuttings. Idk how many people get to see these birch so I figured I'd share. This thing was difficult to get a good picture of the whole tree since it was surrounded by willows, vetch and...

It's another newbie stick in pot thread. I'm bored, I post stuff. Sorry not sorry I dug something like 8 birch this spring all looking something like this of various sizes, more or less roots and no branches. Just experimenting with what I can get away with and what I can expect from future...

Another newbe thread. Sorry for trash cell phone pics. Never though I would need a real camera when I started digging up little trees. I want to start documenting some of my favorite trees early on in my bonsai endeavors. Even if it's small insignificant stuff it might be nice to look back on...

Collected spring 2021but didn't get any pictures of it last year. I let it grow after collection until I saw a bud swelling halfway down the trunk, risked it all and quickly chopped mid summer. Pinched a bud trying to get some lower branching but only got one. Work with what you got I guess. It...

I have been staring at this birch for a while now and don't know where to start progressing it. It grew well last season and has just sitting until I can figure out what to do with it. This is what looks like the front that the previous owner envisioned but it presents a few problems like the...

This is my weeping birch, it’s been growing like gangbusters all spring (after a very tough fall and winter thanks to pest pressures that we overcame) It’s really been doing awesome (and in need of pruning, I know, but I’m letting it grow wild to build back vigor) ...until about a week or two...

I have a chance to save a lovely contorted weeping birch, but its intwined in a running bamboo grove some folks are trying to kill. How small if a rootball can i get away with if i want to have a chance in hell of saving this long enough to air layer some day right below the great thick curve...

I’ve been looking at this for probably 2 years at a local nursery and contemplating its potential. I have thus far left it alone. It’s on clearance for about 70.00. I probably won’t buy it but curious if you all see a great opportunity or a waste of time, money and space. I did a quick virt on...

This tree I've grown in my mother in law's beds that I 'acquired' for bonsai when she got ill and I had to do the maintenance :(. It's around 15 years old as best I can remember. It seeded itself there and for once I decided it could stay as it was in a gap. Normally, I'd weed them out - at...

I collected this downy birch (betula pubescens) in March from a field. I planted it in a mix of akadama, lava rock, perlite and composted cow manure (sounds weird, I know). It grew extremely well! I'm not planning on pruning it, just removed some suckers and recently also some of the larger...

I was wondering if I could keep a birch under some T5's for the winter while it's a seedling. I have been growing it since it sprouted out of moss I picked. Idk what's ya think?

Hello, I have a birch seedling that I am hoping to make into a bonsai. The plan is to go for a 12 inch tall broom style bonsai. Right now the plant is just over 4 inches tall. I read to top it 1/3 of the final height and then let the top grow out into the broom part. So my question is: Do I top...

Collected Yamadori Stock 2nd place in Mame/Shohin up to 9" class (9 in class) Scottish Bonsai Association National Show 2009